Re: simple newbie question
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From: Andrew Hencke <Andy.Hencke@wcom.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: 14 May 1999 17:14
Subject: simple newbie question
>I'm just getting Debian up and running, as my first Linux system.
>
>The install and initial boot process went well; now I'm trying to load
>additional packages. Dselect tells me that I am missing:
>/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt/Packages when I try to load additional debian
>packages. I'm sure this is simple to fix, I just don't know how to fix it.
>
>Andy Hencke
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I found that using the 4 CD "Official" distribution I had to answer "none"
to the prompts for the "non-US", "non-free" and "Local" packages location in
order to get it to install.
Hope this helps
Paul Walton
Cambridge U.K.
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